32nd AMATYC Annual Conference
November 2-5, 2006 - Cincinnati, Ohio

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Commercial Presentations

These presentations are open to all registrants at no charge.
All commercial presentations are listed in the Conference Program section according to their day and time.

Be sure to bring extra business cards to give to exhibitors. These presentations are open to all registrants at no charge.
C15 Saturday
1:00pm–2:30pm
Academic Success Press
Build Self-Efficacy in Students: Infuse Study Saturday Strategies in Your Class
Paul Nolting, Kimberly Nolting, Lynn Cox
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  Math students who never learned how to learn math and experienced failures believe they can’t learn math. Infusing study strategies into classroom learning creates opportunities to experience immediate successes, building their self-efficacy. Participants will learn to combine instructional and learning strategies that model how to learn math while learning it.
C7 Friday
2:30–4:00
Casio, Inc.
YES—Casio’s Graphing Calculators Match Friday Those from TI AND Cost Less
Kevin Fitzpatrick
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  The Casio FX-9750G Plus and FX-9860G have all the functionality any student needs for the classroom. With the cost of student materials rising on an annual basis, why pay $100 for a graphing calculator when you can get the complete package for significantly less? Comparison activities will be shared.
C3 Friday
10:30am–12:00pm
Educo International, Inc.
The Educo Learning System & the Sharman Model for Teaching & Learning
Man M. Sharma
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  Experience the Educo Learning System! It is amazing software covering course content from Basic Mathematics thru Calculus. It contains extraordinary features including creating hybrid courses, lecture notes for instructors and tutorials for students, online homework assignments, with instant feedback, a highly developed assessment system, and more. Come see our presentation.
C1 Friday
10:30–12:00
Hawkes Learning Systems
How to Motivate Students by Using Software
Emily Omlor
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  Discover the advantage of software created by a company specializing exclusively in mathematics. Come see a demonstration of Hawkes Learning Systems student software, online grade book and test generator to learn more about our mastery-level homework system, artificial intelligence for diagnosing errors and software license that never expires!
C5 Friday
12:30–2:00
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Integrating the Latest Technology into the Mathematics Curriculum
Mike Hamm, Rochelle Beatty
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  Come see a demonstration of an online learning system with text-specific content which includes algorithmic homework, tutorials, videos and live tutoring. Also demonstrated will be a new testing software program and a diagnostic assessment program that tests core concepts and provides students with study paths for selfremediation.
C12 Saturday
10:45–12:15
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Using WileyPLUS to Foster Student Success in Mathematics
Brad Franklin
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  Do you experience a “gap” between what your students can confidently do “live” in class, and what they successfully achieve on their own? Hear how the integrated, text-specific, problems, tutorials, and multimedia resources in WileyPLUS help students successfully learn math on their own time, and improve their confidence and performance.
C10 Saturday
10:45–12:15
Key College Publishing
Content on Demandtm: Textbook-free, Online Mathematics Courses
John Remington
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  Content on Demand provides professionally designed and produced web-based mathematics courses to college and university faculty, giving you the ability to teach courses online immediately—with no additional course-building necessary! COD courses do not require textbooks and are built on Blackboard and WebCT course management systems. Visit www.CODcourses.com.
C14Saturday
1:00–2:30
Maplesoft
Maple 10—the Next Generation!
Tom Lee
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  Since its introduction in 2005, Maple 10 has redefined software for collegiate math education. This seminar is an introduction to life with Maple 10. It demonstrates the new “clickable” approach to computer math and the new educational vistas it opens. It will introduce new Maplesoft products including e-books, and testing and assessment.
C4Friday
12:30–2:00
McGraw-Hill
MathZone
Jennifer Huda
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  Interested in bringing technology into your courses? MathZone offers a simple solution to assign online homework, show individual student assessment, and stay in touch with students. Enjoy a presentation highlighting features including video lectures, Test Generation, and ALEKS® technology integration.
C9Friday
2:30–4:00
McGraw-Hill
The Ultimate Internet Supported Developmental Mathematics
Peter Willett, Nancy Hyde
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  Preview what is Next in higher-education technology. McGraw-Hill has developed a new online system based on extensive faculty and student input. Created for instructors by instructors this flexible learning tool is great for all classroom experiences; lecture, hybrid, or online. An extension of the popular Miller/
O’Neill/Hyde mathematics series, don’t miss it!!
C2Friday
10:30–12:00
Pearson Education
MyMathLab Training for Novice Users
Diane Gray, Gwen Terwilliger
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  In this hands-on workshop, educators new to MyMathLab will learn how to create a course, homework assignments, tests and quizzes, manage the gradebook and track student progress, and become familiar with multimedia resources available to students.
C8Friday
2:30–4:00
Pearson Education
MyMathLab Training for Experienced Users
Diane Gray, Gwen Terwilliger
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  In this hands-on workshop, educators who have been teaching with MyMathLab for at least one year, will learn how to use advanced MyMathLab features: manage multiple sections using coordinator and member courses, use the MathXL exercise builder to create custom exercises, customize the learning environment, and utilize communication tools.
C11Saturday
10:45–12:15
Pearson Education
MyMathLab Strategies for Teaching
Diane Gray, Gwen Terwilliger
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  In this hands-on workshop, educators who have been teaching with MyMathLab for at least one term will learn and see how experienced educators have designed and administered their traditional, hybrid, lab-based, and online MyMathLab courses. Discussions will focus on best practices and sharing instructional
strategies.
C13Saturday
1:00–2:30
Texas Instruments
Getting Started with the TI-84 in Developmental Algebra
Joe Fiedler
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  Attend this “hands-on” workshop using the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition to learn the latest technology materials for Intermediate Algebra and College Algebra. See how to use the power of the TI-84 and the Apps key to help students better understand functions, plotting data, practical applications, cooperative learning activities and more.
C6Friday
12:30–2:00
Thinkwell
Thinkwell’s Active Math
Amy Bryant
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  It’s no secret that students don’t read math textbooks. Come and learn how Thinkwell has “inverted the classroom” where students view content and do their homework before class, instead of after class. If it sounds too good to be true, let us show you how. Don’t miss out!